St. Julien de Wolfestown, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Julien de Wolfestown was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,506. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.978°N, 71.518°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Julien de Wolfestown had a population of 1,506: 782 male and 724 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 1,506 |
| 1901 | 875 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)
Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Wolfestown, 1871 (64.8% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, St. Julien de Wolfestown shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 32 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,506 total population, 782 males, 724 females, 451 married persons, 237 families, 226 married males, 225 married females, 32 widowed persons, 20 widowed females, 12 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,023 single persons under 18, 544 single males under 18, 479 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 224 inhabited houses, 224 occupied houses, 20 uninhabited houses, 3 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 13,445 bushels of oats, 10,513 bushels of potatoes, 9,743 bushels of buckwheat, 2,895 acres of hay crops, 2,474 tons of hay, 1,232 bushels of barley, 1,223 bushels of spring wheat, 761 bushels of turnips, 720 bushels of peas and beans, 254 bushels of other root crops, 233 acres of potatoes, 233 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 140 acres of wheat, 71 bushels of rye, 52 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,506 individuals enumerated here, with name, age, sex, religion, ethnic origin, birthplace, and occupation. Source: TCP/Dillon 1881 Canadian Census deposit at Borealis.
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC053017— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC187028— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
Sources
Census tabulations from the 1881 Census of Canada, transcribed and georeferenced by the Canadian Peoples / TCP project, hosted at the HGIS Lab, University of Saskatchewan. Persistent place identity computed from spatial-overlap chains across all available census years (1851–1921). Identity grounding to Wikidata performed via the HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph project's MCP-assisted disambiguation pipeline. See the About / Methodology page for the full data pipeline.
Cite this page
Clifford, J. (2026). "St. Julien de Wolfestown, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-julien-de-wolfestown-qc053017-1881/.